Simplest way is to use kind of felt-tip pen with oil paint - I used it in for my Packard hubcaps and bumper letters and it looks well, right now it 5 years old and still looks great. It also can be easily removed with acetone. I did it this way: First, I "flooded" it with a paint, then used marker to spread it around and then distributed paint with a toothpick to corners and other minor parts of element. After it dried, I removed excessive paint with ear swab putted in acetone or nitro.

It was a common practice to remove thermostat for summer... My grandpa did it even in early 2000s, having a 1989 3-door Samara 1500. IMO, it doesn't make any sence - i made an experiment in my Volga one year ago - on a sunny day I drove with thermostat, then removed it and couldn't see any difference. There was a difference at night - car couldn't reach right temperature, it stopped around 50 degrees, while with thermostat it's like 85.
Also, I see no point in using a restrictor plate - it makes the same for a flow as a thermostat, but the thermostat would let the engine reach operating temperature more quickly.

IMO, coupe wasn't the "sports" version of any car back in 30s and 40s (maybe in late 50s it started to be) - it was often the cheapest body style, due to simplicity - only two doors, few windows, one seat etc, and noone considered is as a "sports", especially in US. In Europe situation was slighly different -as having car was the luxury for average man up until 50s and in poorer parts of Europe- 70s, having car that's not utilitarian and is wasteful was synonymous of prestige. Opposite to America, coupes were always more expensive than sedans (eg. Citroen TA coupe, Borgward Isabella Coupe, Wartburg Coupe etc.). Even the cheapest cars- 2CV, Messerschmit, Mirkus, Zaporożec, Volkswagen, Fiat 500, Trabant, Fiat 126p, Renault 4 etc. all could (theoretically) accomodate 4 passengers, while chepest bodies in US were only two-seater business coupe.
And is a coupe a 2 door? Well, it was but now... anything goes. For example, Audi A5, A7, VW Passat CC, BMW 4 GT, Mercedes CLA etc. - all these cars are advertised as a "4 door coupe". And what they really are? I'd call them fastbacks or so...

None of them; OHV were only 4 cylinders, with displacement of 2120 cm3. Not only head was new- the block was also changed, so it isn't simply flathead 4 with OHV head. Later models (only soviet ones), used in GAZ 69 were bored to something around 2400 cm3 (I'm not sure, but probably 2430)
Here's GAZ/FSO M20 engine:
And here- FSO S-21, OHV. Later ones used FIAT's 125p carb.

Hello comrades;
I decided to write down this story, as may it be not known in US, but when production of Chrysler 6 ended? And what was the last car using it?
You'd probably say, that in 70s and it was used in trucks. That's truth, but not all the truth.
To understand it well, we have to go back to Soviet Union to early 40s. As You may know, in GAZ (Gorkovskij Avtomobilnyj Zavod- Car Factory in Gorki) at this time GAZ A and GAZ M1 were produced, first one being license of Ford A, second- 1934 Ford with Ford A engine. As it became outdated by early 40s, they decided to design new car, but well, after 22 June, 1941 they had more important problems, such as "how to make paint on tanks dry faster".
As the situation on front get better, in 1943 idea of a new car came back. They copied front suspension from Opel Kapitan (GM), took some minor parts from Ford, copied Chrysler's engine, but changing all diameters from imperial to metrical system, so most parts, such as pistons and bushing are not interchangeable. All these parts were put in modern uni-body and that's how GAZ M20 Pobeda (Victory) was born. Car was shown to Stalin, he was quite satisfied, but, well...
"... 6 cylinder? Passenger cars should be more economical, fuel is more needed for the army!"
As arguing with uncle Jossif would probably end with government-sponsored 15 year vacation in luxury resort in Kolyma, with such attractions as a uranium mine or cutting down forest, engineers decided to cut engine and change it into 4 cylinder one. That's how GAZ M-20 engine emerged.
Production of GAZ M-20 started in 1945.
Of course, 6 was also produced, but it was used in trucks (GAZ 51), army vehicles and special Pobiedas, made exclusively for KGB.
In late 40s/early 50s, license for Pobeda was given as a Stalin's present for Poland. Production started in 1951 in FSO in Warsaw (Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych, Factory of Passenger Cars- so romantic name!). Car was named "FSO M20 Warszawa"
Production of Pobeda ended in 1958, of Warszawa- in 1973. Engine was also used in GAZ 69, something in kind of Soviet Jeep.
But...
In late 50s, in FSC (Fabryka Samochodów Ciężarowych, Factory of Trucks) in Lublin and ZSD (Zakład Samochodów Dostawczych; Facility of Delivery Cars) in Nysa, Poland, using all mechanics of M20 Warszawa two delivery cars were built.
Żuk (Beetle)
and Nysa
But, that's not the end of a story...
In middle 60s FSO found out, that 45 HP flathead 4 with fuel consumption around 14 L/100 km is not a modern powertrain. Money were on shortage, so instead of developing new engine, old flathead was re-designed, and became... OHV. "Down" of the engine, pistons, crankshaft, oiling system etc. was untouched, "Top" was new. And... S-21 engine emerged.
Also, a 40s fastback wasn't the most modern body style in early 60s(well... they could wait 5 years, it would be fashionable again) and the funds was as always, on shortage, the biggest change in Warszawa production run occured- it became a sedan, called 223 (with S-21 engine) and 224 (with flathead)
Production of that car without any major changes ended in 1973.
But, production of deliveries not. Nysa got new body in late 60s, Żuk got face-lifting in early 70s. After end of production of Warszawa, Żuk and Nysa started using OHV. Production of Nysa ended in 1994, of Żuk- in 1997, but in 1993 it (FINALLY!) got diesel, and the story of Chrysler flathead 6, which became OHV 4, ended.
Joke.
In 1958, in Only True Korea GAZ 51 was copied... and it's still in production, with good old Flathead 6. And it was face-lifted recently! (in 2008... 10 years ago... let's say that it was recently)
So, always when You see old Mopar flathead 6, remember about his 4-cylinder little brother in Poland which carries vegetables to the market or about big brother in North Korea, which caries... probably army. Is it anything else in North Korea?
PS. You'll probably found out, that I'm not an English-speaker, so it would be great if someone correct or re-write this article.
PS2: If You ever wondered, what was the first SUV, it's not Jeep Wagoneer.
It's GAZ M-72.

I have one in my Packard, using it only to fill the carb after car hasn't been driven for a week or so; switch is mounted in glovebox. You'll know that the carb is filled by changing in sound of pump. Normally, mechanical pump is used; I tried to use electrical(when I bought the car it was connected to the ignition), but as it worked all the time with the same efficiency, it was impossible to make it work right; engine was flooded on the idle and didn't get enough fuel while accelerator was pressed down; also, the starting was harder, due to extra load on the battery.
IMO, better idea than using electric pump is looking around for a one with manual lever, if they were made for MOPAR. If not, one from GAZ-51 would probably fit, as it's motor was a copy of Chrysler flathead 6; also, popular GAZ/FSO M20 engine, as it was shorten by two cylinders engine of GAZ 51; same fuel pump was used in GAZ 21 ("old Volga") engine and then in GAZ 24 ("new Volga") engine; at the same time FSO M20 engine was redesigned to OHV and became FSO S-21 engine, which production ended in 1993. In Poland new one can be bought for ~~40 $, shipping it to US would probably cost around 15$. This is how it looks like: https://3.allegroimg.com/s400/013634/cab30f0f4b468b4cadf4870a5053
Best looking one is that from old Volga, with glass top; it seems to be an exact copy of Chrysler pump, only with added manual pumping lever, but it's much harder to buy.

Well, my car was (badly) restored in mid 90s, so maybe someone changed it back then, for ones from different car? I don't think that convertible would differ in any way, simply because it's in fact a coupe with no roof.

Hello;
I'm restoring '48 Plymouth P15 Convertible. Right now, I'm slowly doing the metal job and sending parts to re-chrome them, and well, I have some trouble.
First of all, I don't know, how to disassemble wiper base - the part with small chain-transmission in it. I've already removed the outer wheel & arm connecting to wiper motor but don't know how to remove inner one. Any ideas? Is the axis simply screwed in the "wheel" (in fact, only way that I can imagine it, but maybe wrong)?
Second problem- how to remove went window from it's frame? I mean lower mount- upper is simple, there are two screws, but lower? I don't have any idea.
Thanks;
Jakub